Oklahoma City Municipal Code ch. 35, art. VII — PROHIBITION OF SALE OR POSSESSION OF AEROSOL SPRAY AND INDELIBLE MARKERS TO OR BY MINORS | Oklahoma City Municipal Code (Supp. No. 5, Update 1: codified through Ordinance No. 28070, adopted April 21, 2026) — City of Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 35-200 Spray paint restrictions for minors.

§ 35-200. - Spray paint restrictions for minors. (a) Prohibited conduct: (1) no person shall sell to any person under the age of 18 years and no minor shall buy any spray paint capable of defacing property unless such minor is accompanied by a parent or a guardian. (2) no person shall sell or offer for sale any spray paint without requiring the purchaser to provide bona fide evidence of majority and identity. (3) no person or firm may sell, deliver or give or cause to be sold, delivered or given to any person under the age of 18 years, and no person under the age of 18 years may buy any aerosol spray paint container or broad-tipped indelible markers. Evidence that a person, his or her employee, or agent demanded and was shown acceptable evidence of majority and acted upon such evidence in a transaction of sale shall be a defense to any prosecution under this subsection. (b) All persons who own, manage or operate a place of business wherein spray paint capable of defacing property is sold shall conspicuously post at the place of display of the spray paint for sale and at the place of sale (cash register) a sign in letters at least one-half inch in height which states, "Spray Paint Shall Not Be Sold To Minors." (c) Any person who is 18 years or older who shall give, trade, or otherwise provide to any minor any spray paint used in the actual application of graffiti or defacement of property shall be guilty of a Class "a" offense and shall upon conviction be punished as set out in Section 1-6 of this Code. This subsection does not apply to the transfer of an aerosol spray paint container or broad-tipped indelible marker from a parent to child, guardian to ward, employer to employee, teacher to student or in any other similar relationship when such transfer is for proper purpose. (Ord. No. 21165, § 1, 11-10-98)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 35-201 Prohibition on possession of aerosol spray paint by minors.

§ 35-201. - Prohibition on possession of aerosol spray paint by minors. No person under the age of 18 years may possess an aerosol spray paint container or broad-tipped indelible marker on any public property unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, employer, teacher or other adult in any similar relationship and such possession is for a lawful purpose. (Ord. No. 21165, § 1, 11-10-98)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 35-202 Possession of aerosol spray paint container or broad-tipped indelible marker on private property prohibited without consent of property owner.

§ 35-202. - Possession of aerosol spray paint container or broad-tipped indelible marker on private property prohibited without consent of property owner. No person may possess an aerosol spray paint container or broad-tipped indelible marker on any private property unless the owner, agent, manager, or other person having control of the property consented to the presence of the aerosol spray paint container or broad-tipped indelible marker. (Ord. No. 21165, § 1, 11-10-98)